Oscars' Academy Museum to make immediate changes to Jewish exhibit over concerns that certain elements 'may unintentionally reinforce stereotypes.'
"We take these concerns seriously and are committed to making changes to the exhibition to address them," an Academy Museum spokesperson told EW in a statement.Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault .
"We take these concerns seriously and are committed to making changes to the exhibition to address them. We will be implementing the first set of changes immediately — they will allow us to tell these important stories without using phrasing that may unintentionally reinforce stereotypes," the Academy Museum's statement reads.
The Hollywoodland exhibit also drew ire from roughly 300 industry professionals comprising the United Jewish Writers for including words like"tyrant,” “oppressive,” “womanizer,” and “predator” in descriptive text throughout its program text, according to the“When I saw that the attempt to correct this exclusion was accomplished with insulting and unflattering portraits of these founders, I was, again, saddened but not surprised," he continued.
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